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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Personal care limitation (US2000A_PERSCARE)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 415
End: 415
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US00A488 US00A490 US00A489 US00A583"><span class="em">17. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more, does this person have any difficulty in doing any of the following activities:</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US00A490"><span class="em">17. b. Dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No personal care limitation
2 Yes, personal care limitation
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether respondents have any physical or mental health condition that has lasted at least 6 months and makes it difficult for them to take care of their own personal needs, such as bathing, dressing, or getting around inside the home.
Universe
United States 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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